About This Item


  • Title[Abraham & Straus around 1865]
  • Call NumberDEPT_0173
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryWoodcut of four-story brownstone with storefront, presumably first Abraham & Straus department store on Fulton Street; three pedestrians in formal dress before shop windows.
  • Date[1865?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsprints (visual works)woodcuts (prints)
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Storefronts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Brownstone buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.